Tiocano Lake
Texas · Southeast
About This Location
Tiocano Lake is a productive birding destination in Texas, with 224 species recorded on eBird. This lake habitat attracts a wide variety of species among many others. Mild winters attract waterfowl and sparrows, while spring and fall migration bring neotropical songbirds.
Location
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Live Bird Data
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Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens
Yellow-green Vireo
Vireo flavoviridis
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensis
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemastica
Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Snowy Plover
Anarhynchus nivosus
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicus
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Great Kiskadee
Carolina Wren
House Sparrow
White-winged Dove
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Northern Mockingbird
Lark Sparrow
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Nighthawk
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Laughing Gull
Red-crowned Amazon
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
European Starling
Great-tailed Grackle
Muscovy Duck
Birding Tips
- 1
Scan the water surface methodically for diving ducks, loons, and grebes.
- 2
Check the shoreline and mudflats for shorebirds and wading birds.
- 3
Check for wintering sparrows in brushy edges from November through February.
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